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Historical Event on 7/19/1998

The INSAT-2C satellite suffers ``disorientation'' - loss of earth lock - briefly.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/15/1817Maharshi Devendranath Tagore, Bengali social reformer and father of Rabindranath Tagore, was born.
1/14/1758Emperor of England's charter allowed the East India Company to keep to any booty taken in war against the enemies of the king and the company. The confisticated goods, after the war, could be kept with them.
6/27/1967First Indian made AVRO aircraft passenger Plane HS748 handed over to Indian Airlines.
3/16/1995World's best 7th wkt stand of 461 runs by Bhupinder Singh Jr. & P. Dharmani.
5/11/1991Naxalities in Andhra abduct P. Sudhir Kumar, son of the former Union Minister Shiv Shankar.
8/10/1942Manju Bala Patil was shot on the road at Mumbai by the British Police.
10/21/1990Doordarshan starts afternoon news bulletins at 2 p.m. (Hindi) and 3 p.m. (English) of 7.5 minutes duration on week days and 5 minutes on Sundays.
5/20/1940Amar Singh, cricketer (of pneumonia Indian pace bowler 1932-36), passed away.
3/1/1994Manmohan Desai, famous Hindi film maker, passed away. He was 57.
4/3/1932Boycott of British goods was so widespread that 70\% of cotton products were now thought to have come from Japan.